Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07
THE EAST.

IT has been discovered that James Kear-
ney, of the law firm of Thain & Kearney, of
New York, who is the last man reported as
an alleged swindler and fugitive, has
taken from $50 900 to $4,000 in cash with
him.
u1oN MYERS, the American runner, beat
W. 6. George, of England, in a 1000 yards
race at Sydney, Australia, the other day
by six yards.
THE StayEor-Ives party held conference
with the Rice-Thomas party at New York
on the 10Th in relation to the Baltimore q
Ohio purchase. The conference was said
to have been in relation to the Erie road
joining the system which was to operate
the Baltimore & Ohio when the control was
transferred, but no definite particulars
could be obtained.
JOSEPH SoMMERs, who dislocated his neck
Vast October, died in Brooklyn on the Goth.
His case was remarkable, the fact of living
so long under the circumstances being un-
paralleed.
THE dwelling house of Matthew Massick
at LudloWville, ten miles from Ithaca, n. V,
burned early the other morning, and Mas
sick and his three children persisted In the
flames.
AT a meeting of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce recently a committee was APP
pointed to confer with the trunk line man
ayers and, If necessary. to appeal to the In
terstate Commission in regard to unjust
discrimination against New England in
freight charges.
DAVID DECKER, owner of a number of
canal boats carrying coal between New
York City and Elizabethport, N. Y, has
asked the United States Circuit Court to
enjoin the Baltimore & Ohio railway from
bridging the Arthur XIII.
. JOHN MAxwEIL's leather mandatory at
North Winchester Mass, burned recently;
loss, Sl00,000
FTtrx ,oxyIxy 11ia hos hro
Sning local passenger traffic between New
Brunswick, n. j., and Jersey City for the
past few days in cars heated by steam from
the locomotive.
THE captain and mate of the schooner
Maria A. Davis were rescued in mid-ocean
March "a and brought to New York by the
bark Scots Bay. Four of the crew had
died of starvation.
GENERAL ROSWELL S. RIPLEY died
from apoplexy while at breakfast in New
York on the Goth. He served in the Con-
Sfederate army and was the officer who di-
rected the fire on Fort Sumter
THE Atlantic Cigar Company of West
field, Mass, IS accused of infringing the
union label used on cigar boxes by the CT
garmakers' Union and suit has been begun
THE Connecticut Senate by n vote of 20
to 3. passed the Ten-hour law for women
and children, already passed blythe House.
1t is the same as tho Massachusetts law
An amendment -exempting mercantile es-
Establishments was rejected by Is to s.
An attempt was made the other night at
New York to poison MISS Agnes Herndon.
the actress. A box of fruit was sent to the
lady and after she had partaken of a por-
ton of it she became very sick. 1t is be-
1ieved to have been the work of 'crank''
admirer from whom she received letter
threatening dire results in case she rejected
dis suit
AT Buffalo, N. Y, recently Patrick
Walsh of New York, adopted the Hebrew
faith, was circumcised and was married to
Lena Levi, young Jewess, also of New
York
AN explosion of gas occurred in the Van
Storck mine of the Delaware & Hudson
Canal Company at Scranton, Pa, the other
morning. Eight men were injured, two
seriously.
THE Western Window Glass Manufac-
turers' Association met at Pittsburgh, Pa,
on the 30th and reaffirmed the iron clad
rule regarding the price list. Trade was
reported b9isk, with the spring outlook
very encouraging. A small advance in
prices will probably be made shortly.
A RoBBER boarded an express car on the
West Shore road just before reaching
Utica, N. Y, on the night of the 30th. shoot
ing Messenger Lake in the shoulder and
then robbing the safe, afterward making
his escape. The amGpnt taken was not
known.